Author: Jane
MSR Hubba NX Review – One-person Tent
Watch my MSR Hubba NX review video, filmed after 5 months using it in Britain. MSR Hubba NX Review – Overview I’ll be perfectly honest, the MSR Hubba NX wasn’t […]
Roman Britain – Ruins and Barbarian Resistance
Thick smoke penetrated the air, its grey plumes breathing heavily as it obscured the sun. The ashes heaved up and down on the wind and fell upon the dirt earth. […]
Walking the Timeline of Britain – The Journey Part 4
The Journey Part 4 – Oban to Glasgow I peered down onto the dusty ground looking for the culprit that had caused me to stumble. My eyes widened, my forehead […]
Forget Silver & Gold, Bronze Age Rocks in Kilmartin
Our tour guide whipped a rope out, pulled it taut and surveyed the crowd. “What happened in 1745?” he asked, singling me out. Oh Christ. I was researching Neolithic and […]
Perilous St Kilda – Scotland’s Last Outpost
I heard it hurtling overhead before anything else. Woosh! Fear burnt through my body like molten lava, erupting in a short draw of breath. Instinctively I dropped my quivering body […]
Hiking the Hebridean Way
Jane Batchelor tackles Britain’s newest long-distance walking path, hiking the Hebridean Way, where maps beyond the guidebook do not yet exist, beaches take centre stage but where roads make up […]
Walking the Timeline of Britain – The Journey Part 3
The Journey Part 3 – The Outer Hebrides, Scotland “Ow! Damn!” My foot had started to ache a couple of hours back and now I was limping like Long John […]
Walking the Timeline of Britain – The Journey Part 2
The Journey Part 2 – Orkney Islands to Ullapool, Scotland “Simon, my Achilles hurts.” “Really? My carves are wrecked.” “Are we doing injuries? In that case my back is killing me.” […]
Walking the Timeline of Britain – The Journey Part 1
The Journey Part 1 – From Desktop Planning to Shetland “Come on then, let’s get this show on the road.” My audience failed to move, instead gazing out at the […]
Walk on the Wild Side – Wild Camping in Scotland
The thought of wild camping solo gives some people the heebiejeebies, quite often females. Have no fear (other than the weather)! Based on my own experiences, here are some tips […]